saw someone cheating today in my biology exam ... torn.

<p>Today, I saw a girl cheating in my biology exam today. She had little tiny pieces of paper wrapped around her pen. This girl is having a really really rough year, her grandfather died last month and her mom has been diagnosed with cancer. While I hate cheating in any form ... I can't help but feel sorry for her. I'm torn between turning her in and cutting her a break. She averages 3s/4s (Cs) and I'm pretty sure she won't get above a 5 (B+) even if she did cheat, but my conscience is nagging me. Also, this exam is an IB Mock, so basically what we got is going to be our predicted grade ... Under normal circumstances, I'd be in my guidance councellor's office right now ... but .... what do you guys think?</p>

<p>don't turn her in...i think she deserves that</p>

<p>if its a mock IB test, then she knows it won't be a good predictor</p>

<p>w t f kind of puss are you? Dont turn her in. I wouldnt be surprised if you got your ass kicked for that.</p>

<p>I agree with glucose...</p>

<p>I think you give her a break. Cheating is never really justified, but in this case, I think it's definitely excusable. Few people would really handle things well given those circumstances.</p>

<p>dude why the hell would you turn her in. it's not even a real exam. and all that sh1t about her family. what the hell! who cares! next time you see her cheat on a real exam then it's different.</p>

<p>For jpod: Our 11th grade all agreed to have an honor code this year. We all take cheating pretty seriously. </p>

<p>for jimbob: It does really count. It counts for grade 11 final grade score, and what goes on her predicted transcript next year. In England, predicted = everything. If you fail to get good predicted scores, you DO NOT get into college. Think cheating on AP exams & cheating on SAT for US.</p>

<p>Yeah? So do we. Does that mean people dont cheat? No. BFD.</p>

<p>Oh ok. I forgot about predicted scores. Those are important! I saw a place for that on the Harvard app when I was looking at it last night.</p>

<p>Well anyway, does it affect you? Nah. But what she did isn't right. Do you think it will cause harm to other people? Maybe. But if you feel sorry enough for her, don't get involved. sometimes when people witness things they have this urge to talk about it because they were involved. don't let that carry you away. Do you really want to ruin someone by exposing their cheating??</p>

<p>i would say let her cheat. i mean, the only person she's cheating is herself, so let her do it.</p>

<p>I don't want to ruin her chances in any way shape or form. What I am worried about is that she will come to depend on cheating, and start cheating all the time, thinking she can get away with it. </p>

<p>Maybe I should talk to her? Say, I saw her do it, I'm not going to turn her in, but if she needs help studying I'm available?</p>

<p>yes that is a good idea. talk to her.</p>

<p>If school policy tells you to turn the person in, then I guess you should do it. I understand how important and honor code is to people (some people here don't seem to see that). At Rice, we have an honor code and everyone takes it very seriously. </p>

<p>But under normal circumstances, I would say it's none of your business.</p>

<p>I wouldn't turn her in. If she keeps cheating somewhere along the line a teacher will catch her. It just depends how seriously your high school views cheating. We have what should be a serious honor code at my high school. If you witness someone cheating and do not turn them in you are also punished as a cheater if it is found out that you ever knew about it. But this code is not really enforced.</p>

<p>is she hot?</p>

<p>snitches get shot around here</p>

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Yeah? So do we. Does that mean people dont cheat? No. BFD.

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<p>Agree 100%. Same situation at my school.</p>

<p>It's only cheating if you get caught. End of discussion.</p>

<p>Yeah, I don't what school you guys go to, but at my school people don't care about cheating. If you are caught, well, that sucks for you. If not, props to you for getting that A.</p>

<p>Not that cheating is too be condoned, but those circumstances justify (well not justify but you understand) some understanding.</p>

<p>Please stay the **** out of other people's business.
I am not saying this in an agressive way, but it is her decision.
You are not her parent; you are not her teacher; you do not even sound close to her in any particular way.</p>

<p>P.S.

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snitches get shot around here

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It's great because it is funny yet disturbingly scary.</p>